Iomega StorCenter px12-450r User manual

Iomega StorCenter px12-450r User Guide
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Table of Contents
Setting up Your Device ................................................................................................... 1
Setup Overview ......................................................................................................... 1
Set up My Iomega StorCenter If It's Not Discovered .............................................................. 2
Discovering with Iomega Storage Manager ...................................................................... 2
Discovering the Iomega device without the Internet.......................................................... 2
Setup Page ............................................................................................................... 3
Network Connection.................................................................................................... 4
Connecting the Iomega StorCenter px12-450r to Your Network............................................. 4
Network Settings ..................................................................................................... 6
Manually Configuring the Network ................................................................................ 7
Bonding NICs .......................................................................................................... 8
VLAN Settings......................................................................................................... 9
Naming Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r...................................................................... 10
Configuring Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r to Use Active Directory ................................... 11
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains ................................................................... 11
Obtaining Alerts About Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r................................................... 12
Using Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r in Various Time Zones ............................................ 13
Setting the Display Language for Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r....................................... 14
Printing Documents................................................................................................... 15
Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing ......................................................... 16
Sharing Files .............................................................................................................. 17
Sharing Overview ..................................................................................................... 17
Interfaces for Sharing ............................................................................................. 17
Shares................................................................................................................... 18
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? ............................................. 18
Adding Shares....................................................................................................... 19

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Managing Shares.................................................................................................... 20
Deleting Shares..................................................................................................... 23
Using Protocols to Share Files ...................................................................................... 24
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? ............................................... 24
AFP File Sharing for Macs......................................................................................... 25
Bluetooth File Sharing ............................................................................................ 26
FTP File Sharing .................................................................................................... 27
NFS File Sharing .................................................................................................... 28
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers .......................... 29
TFTP.................................................................................................................. 30
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool................................................... 31
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS............................................................... 32
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System................................................ 33
Windows File Sharing.............................................................................................. 34
Sharing Content through the Home Page......................................................................... 35
Sharing Your Content with the World .......................................................................... 35
Adding a Custom Home Page .................................................................................... 36
Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once .................................................. 37
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder .......................................................... 37
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview .................................................................. 38
Managing Your Content .............................................................................................. 39
Transferring Content to and from Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r with Copy Jobs .................. 40
Copy Jobs Limitations ............................................................................................. 40
Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device.......................................................... 41
Safely removing external storage ............................................................................... 41
iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) ........................................................... 43
iSCSI Overview ........................................................................................................ 43

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Adding iSCSI Drives ................................................................................................... 44
Enabling iSCSI Drives .............................................................................................. 44
Connecting to iSCSI Drives ....................................................................................... 44
Managing iSCSI Drives ................................................................................................ 46
Creating iSCSI Drives and Adding Them to Volumes ......................................................... 46
Changing Access Permissions .................................................................................... 46
Deleting iSCSI Drives ................................................................................................. 47
Storage Pool Management ............................................................................................. 49
Understanding How Your Content Is Stored...................................................................... 49
Storage Pools ....................................................................................................... 49
Volumes.............................................................................................................. 49
Adding and Managing Storage Pools ............................................................................... 50
Cache Pools ......................................................................................................... 50
To add a Storage Pool............................................................................................. 50
Managing Drives ....................................................................................................... 51
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 51
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 51
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 51
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 51
Drive status ......................................................................................................... 52
Modifying a Storage Pool ............................................................................................ 54
Adding and Managing Volumes ..................................................................................... 55
Shares in Volumes.................................................................................................. 55
To add a new volume: ............................................................................................ 55
Deleting a Storage Pool.............................................................................................. 57
Changing RAID Protection Types ................................................................................... 58
Adding New Drives to Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r..................................................... 59

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Drive Management ...................................................................................................... 61
Managing Drives ....................................................................................................... 61
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 61
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 61
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 61
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 61
Drive status ......................................................................................................... 62
Backing up and Restoring Your Content ............................................................................. 65
Backup and Restore Overview ...................................................................................... 65
Backup of Data through RAID Protection ...................................................................... 65
Backing up to and Restoring from Your Device.................................................................. 66
Backing up Macs with Time Machine ........................................................................... 66
Copy Jobs Overview ............................................................................................... 67
Backing up Your Device.............................................................................................. 68
Copy Jobs............................................................................................................ 68
Backing up with Mozy Backup.................................................................................... 76
Restoring Files with Mozy Backup............................................................................... 77
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore ............................................................ 78
Backing up with Amazon S3 ...................................................................................... 79
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 ................................................................................. 80
Backing up with Iomega Personal Cloud ....................................................................... 81
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud ............................................................................ 82
Securing Your Device and Contents .................................................................................. 83
What Is Security and Do I Need It?................................................................................. 83
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User......................................................... 84
Disabling Security .................................................................................................. 84
Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users ............................................................ 85

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Users .................................................................................................................... 86
Users Overview ..................................................................................................... 86
Adding Users ........................................................................................................ 87
Managing Users ..................................................................................................... 88
Deleting Users ...................................................................................................... 90
Groups .................................................................................................................. 91
Groups Overview ................................................................................................... 91
Adding Groups ...................................................................................................... 92
Managing Groups ................................................................................................... 93
Deleting Groups .................................................................................................... 94
Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups ................................................. 95
Active Directory Users and Groups Overview ................................................................. 95
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory ........................................................... 96
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups .................................................................. 98
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World ......................................... 99
What Is an Iomega Personal Cloud ? ............................................................................... 99
Iomega Personal Cloud Key Terms .............................................................................. 99
Is My Content Secure?............................................................................................... 100
Iomega Personal Cloud Setup Overview ......................................................................... 101
Creating an Iomega Personal Cloud .............................................................................. 102
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud ...................................................... 103
Router Port Forwarding .......................................................................................... 103
Configuring Your Iomega Personal Cloud ........................................................................ 105
Enabling Internet Access to the px12-450r ................................................................... 105
Changing Personal Cloud Settings.............................................................................. 105
Inviting People onto Your Iomega Personal Cloud ............................................................. 107
Joining a Trusted Device to an Iomega Personal Cloud ....................................................... 108

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Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud ................................................................ 109
Disconnecting Trusted Devices ................................................................................. 109
Deleting Trusted Devices ........................................................................................ 109
Using Copy Jobs with an Iomega Personal Cloud............................................................... 110
Disabling or Deleting Your Iomega Personal Cloud ............................................................ 111
Accessing Content Using Your Iomega Personal Cloud ........................................................ 112
Informing Users What to Do with Iomega Personal Cloud .................................................... 113
Sharing Content Using Social Media ................................................................................. 115
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview ................................................................. 115
Facebook .............................................................................................................. 116
Flickr................................................................................................................... 117
YouTube ............................................................................................................... 118
Share Content through Iomega Personal Cloud................................................................. 119
Media Management..................................................................................................... 121
Media Management Overview ..................................................................................... 121
Scanning for media content..................................................................................... 121
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations .................................................................... 122
Sharing Media Content over the Internet........................................................................ 123
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page ..................................................... 123
Media Aggregation ................................................................................................... 124
Enabling Media Aggregation..................................................................................... 124
Social Media Sharing ................................................................................................ 125
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures .......................................................................... 126
Example: Setting up iTunes ..................................................................................... 126
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 .................................................................................. 126
Photos ................................................................................................................. 127
Photos Overview .................................................................................................. 127

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Streaming Pictures................................................................................................ 128
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page ............................................................ 129
Automatically Resizing Your Photos ........................................................................... 130
Getting Pictures from Your Camera ........................................................................... 131
Music ................................................................................................................... 132
Music Overview.................................................................................................... 132
Streaming Music ................................................................................................... 133
Torrents ............................................................................................................... 134
Torrent Overview ................................................................................................. 134
Enabling Torrent Downloads .................................................................................... 135
Deleting torrent jobs ............................................................................................. 136
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads ............................................................ 137
Torrent Active Folders ........................................................................................... 138
Videos.................................................................................................................. 140
Video Capabilities Overview .................................................................................... 140
Streaming Movies ................................................................................................. 141
Adding Applications to Your Device ................................................................................. 143
Application Overview ............................................................................................... 143
Application Manager ................................................................................................ 144
Starting or stopping an application ............................................................................ 144
Adding applications............................................................................................... 144
Removing applications ........................................................................................... 144
Upgrading Your Device ................................................................................................ 145
Software Updates.................................................................................................... 145
Manual update process: installing a device software update ............................................. 145
Recovering Your Device Configuration.............................................................................. 147
Copying Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r Settings to Other Devices .................................... 147

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Backing up Device Configuration............................................................................... 147
Restoring a Configuration Backup.............................................................................. 147
Hardware Management ................................................................................................ 149
About the Iomega StorCenter px12-450r Components ........................................................ 149
Front Panel......................................................................................................... 149
Drive Bay Detail ................................................................................................... 149
Rear Panel.......................................................................................................... 150
Energy Saving......................................................................................................... 152
Power Down Drives ............................................................................................... 152
Brightness .......................................................................................................... 152
Wake On LAN ...................................................................................................... 152
Creating A Power Schedule ..................................................................................... 152
Factory Reset......................................................................................................... 153
UPS Management .................................................................................................... 154
Adding New Drives to Your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r.................................................... 155
Troubleshooting Routers ........................................................................................... 156
Enabling the DMZ .................................................................................................... 156
Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks ....................................................... 157
Bridging the Secondary Router .................................................................................... 157
Bridging the Primary Router ....................................................................................... 157
Additional Support ..................................................................................................... 159
How to Get Help ..................................................................................................... 159
Support ................................................................................................................ 160
Legal ...................................................................................................................... 161
px12-450r Trademark Page ........................................................................................ 161
Regulatory Information ............................................................................................. 162
FCC (United States)............................................................................................... 162

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Canadian Verification ............................................................................................ 162
CE (European Community) ...................................................................................... 162
Manufacturer/Responsible Party ............................................................................... 162
EU Representative ................................................................................................ 163
Safety Information................................................................................................... 164
Limited Warranty .................................................................................................... 165
Drives and Media .................................................................................................. 165
Coverage ........................................................................................................... 165
Excluded Products and Problems............................................................................... 165
Remedies ........................................................................................................... 165
Obtaining Warranty Service ..................................................................................... 166
Limitations ......................................................................................................... 166
Open Source .......................................................................................................... 167

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Setting up Your Device
Setup Overview
Setup with your Iomega StorCenter px12-450r is easy. Remove it from the box, connect it to your
network or computer, and power it up. Then, launch a web browser, and enter the setup URL
identified in the Quick Install Guide. Iomega Setup launches and displays a message that your px12-
450r is online and ready to use.
You then can install client software that includes:
Iomega Storage Manager
Twonky Media Server for media aggregation
Iomega QuikProtect for backups
Iomega Storage Manager is a management tool that helps you discover your px12-450r on your
network to simplify access to content on your px12-450r from your computer. It also allows you to
add your computer as a trusted device to an Iomega Personal Cloud. Refer to Iomega Storage
Manager online help for additional information. Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on
devices on your network and presents them in a unified view. Iomega QuikProtect offers file backup
of your computer to an Iomega storage device.
From Iomega Setup, you can optionally create a Personal Cloud or begin using your px12-450r by
clicking Manage My Device.
How do I ...
set up my px12-450r if it's not discovered
create an Iomega Personal Cloud
set up media aggregation

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Set up My Iomega StorCenter If It's Not Discovered
If, after you enter the setup URL identified in the Quick Install Guide, your Iomega device is not
discovered, you have two ways of discovering it.
Discovering with Iomega Storage Manager
You can install Iomega Storage Manager from Iomega Setup, which helps you discover your Iomega
device on your network.
Discovering the Iomega device without the Internet
You can access your Iomega device device without internet access as described by these methods for
Windows pcs or Macs:
Windows 7 and Vista —Click Start, Computer, Network. Under Other Devices, you should see
your Iomega device listed. For example, if you have an Iomega device, you can double-click the
device labeled Iomega device, and you will see the Iomega StorCenter Console for the Iomega
device.
Windows XP —If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery, click Start, Help and Support. In the
Help and Support browser, search for UPnP, and follow the steps from “Install the UPnP
framework”. After UPnP is enabled, open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view, expand
My Network Places. You should see your Iomega device listed. For example, if you have an EZ
Media device, you can double-click the device labeled IomegaEZ, and you will see the Iomega
StorCenter Console for the Iomega device.
Mac —Browse to your Iomega device through Finder, Shared, All and use Go, Connect to
Server to connect to Shares on your Iomega device.
How do I ...
set up my Iomega device
install Iomega Storage Manager

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Setup Page
The Setup page opens when you first access the Iomega StorCenter px12-450r from the Home Page
or the Iomega Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by
clicking the appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also
configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly.

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Network Connection
Connecting the Iomega StorCenter px12-450r to Your Network
First, check the package contents.
Verify that the box contains the following items:
1. px12-450r (models may vary)
2. Quick Start Guide
3. Power Cables
4. Ethernet Cable

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5. Rail kit (models may vary)
Connecting the px12-450r
Initial Setup
If you have purchased more than one px12-450r, complete all steps on one device before setting up
additional devices.
1. Use the included network cable to connect the px12-450r to a network hub or switch.
2. Connect the included power cords to the power supply connectors on the back of the px12-
450r and to an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). This provides redundant power for your
px12-450r.
3. Power on the px12-450r.
4. From a computer on your network, open a web browser and go to www.iomegasetup.com to
set up your px12-450r on your network. For best results, use a computer that is connected to
the same subnet or network segment as the px12-450r.
NOTE: You can access the Iomega StorCenter px12-450r Console directly by entering the IP
address or model name of your px12-450r in your computer’s web browser. To use the model
name on a Mac, add .local after the name in the browser (for example, px12-450r.local).
5. OPTIONAL: if desired, install the Iomega Storage Manager, QuikProtect, and Media
Aggregation software.
If you install Iomega Storage Manager, its icon will appear in the System Tray (Windows) or
Menu Bar (Mac). The Iomega Storage Manager will automatically scan your network and
connect to available Shares.
If you receive a message from your operating system's firewall alerting you of network
activity, be sure to unblock communications.
Mac Users: Shares on the px12-450r will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
PC Users: Shares on the px12-450r will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be
available in the Network Drives section under My Computer.
How do I ...
view information about my device components

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Network Settings
The Network page of your px12-450r is where you make changes to set up network connectivity. The
Network page displays your current network settings and enables those settings to be modified. On
this page, you can identify your DNS servers and WINS servers and how your system's IP address is
determined. Most system IP addresses and other network settings can normally be configured
automatically.
Manually Configuring Your Network
If you are comfortable with network technology and want to configure the network, refer to
Manually Configuring the Network.
Bonding NICs
If your px12-450r has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to
Bonding NICs.
Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC
You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your px12-450r by expanding the Information section
for a NIC and selecting a jumbo frame size from the Jumbo Frame drop-down menu. Valid jumbo
frame sizes are 4,000 or 9,000 bytes. If you do not want jumbo frame support, select None from the
Jumbo Frame drop-down menu. Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files, such as
multimedia files, over a network. Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large
files in fewer data packets. It also reduces the demand on the device hardware by having the CPU
process more data in fewer data packets.
Jumbo frame support should only be enabled if you are sure your network is jumbo-frame
compatible and all network devices have been configured to support jumbo frames. It is
recommended that you confirm all network interface cards (NICs) are configured to support jumbo
frames before enabling this feature.
VLAN Settings
Each NIC in your px12-450r can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on
adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.

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Manually Configuring the Network
There are various settings in the network setup that you can manually configure.
1. Click Modify network settings.
2. Uncheck Automatically configure DNS, WINS, and all IP addresses (DHCP).
3. DNS Servers —enter the IP addresses of the DNS (Domain Name System) servers. DNS is used
for translating the domain name to IP addresses.
4. WINS Servers —enter the IP addresses of the WINS server.
5. From the Bonding Mode drop-down menu, choose one of the following:
Transmission Load Balance —increases bandwidth by distributing the load across
multiple NICs.
Link Aggregation —increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple
ports in a switch.
Failover —provides recovery from a failure, so if one NIC should fail, your system
still has network connectivity with the other NIC.
6. Click Apply to save your settings.
If a DHCP server is unavailable for a network interface card (NIC), the device could auto-
assign an IP address, or you can uncheck the Automatically acquire network address
(DHCP) checkbox found in the Information section of a NIC.
7. You can change the following settings in the Information section:
IP Address —the static IP address of the px12-450r. Use an available IP address in
the range used by the LAN.
Subnet Mask —the subnet that the IP address belongs to. The default value is
255.255.255.0.
Gateway —enter the gateway IP address in this field.
8. Click Apply to save your settings.
VLAN Settings
Each NIC in your px12-450r can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on
adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.
Bonding NICs
If your px12-450r has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to
Bonding NICs.

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Bonding NICs
Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your px12-450r on the
network. If one NIC should fail, your px12-450r will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is
bonded to others. You can bond two or more network interface cards (NICs) in your px12-450r by
selecting the NICs and clicking Apply.
Use the following procedure to bond NICs.
1. On the Network page, expand the NIC number and then expand the Bond Network Interface
section.
2. Check the checkboxes next to the NICs that you want to bond to the selected NIC. For
example, if you selected NIC 1, and your configuration includes four NICs, you could bond
NIC 1 to NIC 2, 3, and/or 4.
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
The section updates and displays the NICs that are bonded to the selected NIC.
Unbonding NICs
1. To unbond a NIC, uncheck the box next to the bonded NIC.
2. Click Apply to save your settings.